Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2002)

1,264 consumer complaints on file.

#10000937January 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS WITH APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MILES WHICH HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE ON THANKSGIVING 2002. ENTERING AND ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY IN ABOUT 25 DEGREE TEMPERATURE AND ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT APPEARED FOLLOWED BY REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT AND THEN ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. DEALER ADVISED ME THAT NUMBER 4 CYCLINDER CRACKED. THEY FURTHER ADVISED ME THAT GM IS AWARE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN SOME TRAILBLAZER ENGINES THAT WAS CAUSED BY A MISCALIBRATION OF THE MACHINE USED TO MANUFACTURE THE ENGINE. GM REPLACED MY ENGINE AT NO COST TO ME UNDER ORIGINAL WARRANTY. THIS SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO ROLL THE VEHICLE TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE SAFELY. FROM NHTSA WEB SITE.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000515January 4, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
FRONT RIGHT HEADLIGHT BLOWN FOR 2ND TIME. TS
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#10002028January 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000667January 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
FIRST LET ME TELL YOU THAT WE ARE DIE HARD CHEVY CUSTOMERS. WE STILL OWN MY '82 CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP AND IT'S RUNNING FINE. LAST MAY WE TRADED IN OUR LITTLE '97 CAVALIER THAT WE HAD TAKEN ON NUMEROUS TRIPS AND PRETTY MUCH TROUBLE FREE THE FIVE YEARS WE OWNED HER. THEN WE BOUGHT THE '02 TRAIL BLAZER. HAVEN'T GONE ON TOO MANY TRIPS WITH HIM YET, BUT EXCEPT FOR ONE PERFORMANCE FLAW THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IS CAUSING US CONCERN WE LIKE THE CAR SO FAR. THE CONCERN COMES WHEN WE HAVE TO BRAKE SUDDENLY TO AVOID A HAZARD IN THE ROAD. THE CAR TENDS TO BECOME SQUIRRELIE AND FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO FLIP OVER. RATHER FRIGHTENING WHEN YOU NEED TO REACT QUICKLY AND SUDDENLY ARE FACED WITH THIS UNSETTLING SITUATION. IS THERE OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIANCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRAIL BLAZERS?
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001704December 31, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
THE ENGINE MADE A RUMBLING/CLICKING SOUND, SHUT OFF SUDDENLY, THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT, AND THE POWER BRAKES FAILED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000437December 31, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
THE WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY SNAPPED WHERE THE MOTOR CONNECTS TO THE WIPER ARMS MAKING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERABLE. SECOND FAILURE WAS WIPER MOTOR DUE TO WATER INTRUSION. THE WIPER FAILED TO OPERATE DURING RAIN. ALSO TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES AFTER CAR WASH BUT COULDN'T BE TURNED OFF. THE WIPERS WORKED PROPERLY AFTER THE WIPER MOTOR DRIED OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000436December 31, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
AFTER NOTICING A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AND DISCOVERING A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE UNDER THE FUEL TANK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FUEL TANK HAD A SPLIT IN THE TANK WHERE THE FILLER NECK JOINS THE TANK. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001311December 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARKING WITH ENGINE ON, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE IN ANOTHER GEAR ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER IS AFRAID TRANSMISSION MAY BY DESTROYED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000316December 20, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
LOOSE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK. DRIVER'S SEAT BACK HAS OVER 2 INCHES OF BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT AND MAKES A "CLUNKING NOISE" UPON ACCELERATION / DECELERATION. WHEN DECELERATING, THE SEAT BACK MOVES FORWARD CAUSING THE DRIVER'S TORSO TO ALSO MOVE FORWARD. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO PUT EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH CAUSES EXCEPTIONALLY HARD, FAST, AND UNCONTROLLED STOPS. SINCE THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS PART OF THE SEAT BACK, THIS MAY ALSO CAUSE THE DRIVER NOT TO BE PROPERLY RETAINED TO THE SEAT IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ON 12/7/02. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000084December 15, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE 6 TIMES. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN OCT 01. FIRST INSTANCE WAS JAN 2002. WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROX 65-70 MPH IN A4WD. VEHICLE SHIFTED DOWN INTO 4LO CAUSING LOSS OF POWER & CONTROL. SERVICE 4WD LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF 4WD UNTIL IT HAD BEEN PARKED & SHUT OFF. MODE SWITCH ON DASH WAS REPLACED FOLLOWING INCIDENT. ONE WEEK LATER, VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO 4HI WHILE DRIVING IN 2HI. MODE SWITCH WAS AGAIN REPLACED. AUGUST 2002, PROBLEMS WERE AGAIN EXPERIENCED AS 4HI AND 4LO LIGHTS WOULD FLASH SIMULTANEOUSLY. DEALER REPLACED TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MODULE. NOV 2002 WHEN SWITCHING INTO A4WD, NO LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER. AUTOMATIC TRANSFER CASE UPDATE WAS INSTALLED. FIVE DAYS LATER WHILE IN A4WD, LIGHTS FLASHED FOR 4HI. SHIFTING WAS COMPLETED. WHILE STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, 4LO LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. WHEN PRESSING GAS LOSS OF POWER WAS EXPERIENCED. LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FLASH UNTIL VEHICLE WAS PUT IN NEUTRAL. VEHICLE SHIFTED TO 4LO. EACH TIME SHIFTING WAS COMPLETED THERE WAS A JERK IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE. SERVICE 4WD LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 4LO UNTIL TURNED OFF. DEALER TEST DROVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS & COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE WAS TOLD THAT THEY HOPED WHATEVER WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS WOULD COMPLETELY FAIL & MAKE THE NEEDED CORRECTION OBVIOUS. UPON LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP IN 2HI, WITHIN 2 MILES, 4HI LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH, SHIFTED DOWN & SERVICE 4WD LIGHT CAME ON. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP WITHOUT TURNING OFF OR PARKING SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THE EXACT STATE. RAN A TEST & INDICATED THAT THE SWITCH HAD MALFUNCTIONED. SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON SITE. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHEVROLET'S CUSTOMER SERVICE. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A SERIOUS INCIDENT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THEIR PRODUCT'S MALFUNCTION. MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ARE INCREASINGLY SEEING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER & NUMEROUS OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8024065December 10, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
UPON STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER STATED TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER REPLACED THE GAS TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023610December 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
ON 12/13/01, CONSUMER HAD RECALL 01V283000 REMEDY PERFORMED ON THE TRANSFER CASE. ON 1/6/02 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE, THE BACK END OF TRUCK STARTED TO "KICK" OUT TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE RESULTING IN A COLLISION. ON 11/26/02 WHILE DRIVING WITH 4-WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED, THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE INDICATOR BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY SWITCHING FROM 4-WHEEL LOW TO 4-WHEEL HIGH. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PROBLEM EXISTS. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770338December 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80 IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE LOW AT 65MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND I LOOKED AT THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SELECTOR SWITCH AND THE LIGHT WAS FLASHING FOR ALL WHEEL DRIVE. THIS SHOULD ONLY HAPPEN WHEN THE SWITCH IS TURNED TO THAT POSITION. THEN THE RPMS ON THE VEHICLE RED LINED AND THE LIGHT WENT TO SOLID GREEN ON 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW. AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A 360 DEGREE SPIN ON THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING OR ANYONE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN DOING SO THE SELECTOR SWITCH WAS SHIFTING BETWEEN ALL THE OPTIONS FROM 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO ALL WHEEL DRIVE. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND LET THE VEHICLE RUN WHILE I WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING IN PARK. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE SHIFTED THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD 2 TO 3 FEET. MY FAMILY WAS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND ARE AFRAID TO BE IN THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THE COMPUTER IS SHOWING NO MALFUNCTION CODES. THEY HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED TO THEM. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770341December 2, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
WHEN FRONT PASSENGER MOVES FORWARD THE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK UP ON OCCASION. SOMETIMES YOU ARE UNABLE TO RELEASE THE INERTIA LOCK AND MUST TAKE THE SEAT BELT OFF COMPLETELY. THIS FAILURE HAS CAUSED ME TO BE LOCKED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND CAUSE GREAT DISCOMFORT. IT WILL NOT RELEASE WITHOUT TOTALLY RETRACTING THE SEAT BELT MEANING THAT YOU MUST TAKE THE BELT OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. I RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME AND DID NOT CONSIDER IT TO BE A PROBLEM UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023443November 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
CONSUMER STATES AT 55 MPH THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED TO ALL WHEEL DRIVE. CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS A TREMEDOUS LOSS OF POWER, TOSSING CONSUMER LIKE A RAG DOG. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#568500November 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SEATS, STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THE AUTOMATIC FOUR WHEEL DRIVE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009400November 25, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
COOLING FAN HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS OF RACING WHEN YOU STEPPED ON GAS, NOW COOLING FAN IS RACING CONSTANTLY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER AND CHEVROLET THAT A NEW PART HAS TO BE DESIGNED. NO ONE KNOWS HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE, HOWEVER IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT SOUND LIKE IT AND I HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY POLICE THINKING I AM RACING ENGINE OR DRIVING UNSAFELY.*TS *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770110
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769777November 16, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
I AM WANTING TO REPORT A PROBLEM IN LABELING ON THE CENTER POSITION OF THE BACK SEAT. IT HAS A LABEL SHOWING YOU CAN PUT A CHILD SEAT THERE. HOWEVER THE MANUAL SAYS YOU CAN NOT. I AM A CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIAN AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THIS LABELING COULD BE CORRECTED AS PARENTS WILL TRY TO PUT A CHILD SEAT IN THAT POSITION AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ACCORDING TO THE VEHICLE MANUAL. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND EXPLAINATION. I HAVE ALSO TAKEN A PHOTO OF THE LABEL AND CAN GET IT TO YOU ALONG WITH THE MANUAL SHOWING NOT TO PUT A CHILD SEAT IN THAT POSITION. THE MANUAL SAYS THE RESTRAINT WONT WORK PROPERLY. HOWEVER PARENTS ARE UNAWARE OF THIS. I AM AS A TECH. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022748November 14, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LOW. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS TO BE USE IN THE SHOWN WEATHER. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALERS IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769709November 14, 2002
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
MY VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH OUTSIDE MIRRORS THAT HAVE A POSITION MEMORY FOR EACH DRIVER. WHEN I USE THE KEYLESS REMOTE ENTRY. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO THE LAST MEMORIZED POSITION. INSTEAD, THEY CONSISTENTLY MOVE TO AN EXTREME POSITION, MAKE A LOUD CLICKING SOUND. THEN STICK IN THAT POSITION. SEVERAL TIMES I'VE FOUND MYSELF TRING TO CHANGE LANES IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT THE USE OF MY SIDE MIRRORS BECAUSE THEY ARE POINTING TOWARD THE PAVEMENT. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE DEFECT AND HAS CORRECTED IT ON THE 2003 MODEL, BUT REFUSES TO FIX MY VEHICLE. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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